Editing June 15 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[763 BC]] &ndash; [[Assyria]]ns record [[Assyrian eclipse|a solar eclipse]] that is later used to fix the [[chronology]] of [[Mesopotamia]]n history.<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter O. Taylor|title=Observing the Sun|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAq-Cdo6tK4C&pg=PA140|date=21 November 1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-40110-4|pages=140}}</ref>
* [[844]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II]] is crowned as king of [[Italy]] at [[Rome]] by pope [[Pope Sergius II|Sergius II]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Walter Ullmann|title=The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25xeBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|date=29 January 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-99915-4|pages=58}}</ref>
* [[923]] &ndash; [[Battle of Soissons (923)|Battle of Soissons]]: King [[Robert I of France]] is killed and King [[Charles the Simple]] is arrested by the supporters of Duke [[Rudolph of France|Rudolph of Burgundy]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerald Irving Anthony Dare Draper|title=Reflections on Law and Armed Conflicts: The Selected Works on the Laws of War by the Late Professor Colonel G.I.A.D. Draper, Obe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETjo7FKSsVkC&pg=PA26|date=7 May 1998|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-411-0557-3|pages=26}}</ref>
*[[1184]] &ndash; The naval [[Battle of Fimreite]] is won by the Birkebeiner pretender [[Sverre Sigurdsson]]. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King [[Magnus V of Norway]] is killed. 
*[[1215]] &ndash; King [[John of England]] puts his [[seal (emblem)|seal]] to [[Magna Carta]].
*[[1219]] &ndash; [[Northern Crusades]]: Danish victory at the [[Battle of Lyndanisse|Battle of Lindanise]] (modern-day [[Tallinn]]) establishes the Danish [[Danish Estonia|Duchy of Estonia]]. 
*[[1246]] &ndash; With the death of [[Frederick II, Duke of Austria]], the [[Babenberg dynasty]] ends in Austria.
*[[1300]] &ndash; The city of [[Bilbao]] is founded.
*[[1310]] &ndash; The [[Tiepolo conspiracy]], seeking to seize power in the [[Republic of Venice]], is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the [[Council of Ten]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Romano | first = Dennis | title = Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2024 | isbn = 978-0-19085998-5 | url = {{Google Books|R8ThEAAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} | pages = 182–187}}</ref> 
*[[1312]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Rozgony]], King [[Charles I of Hungary]] wins a decisive victory over the family of [[Palatine of Hungary|Palatine]] [[Amade Aba]].
*[[1389]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kosovo]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] defeats [[Serbs]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]ns.
*[[1410]] &ndash; In a decisive [[Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols|battle at Onon River]], the Mongol forces of [[Oljei Temur]] were decimated by the Chinese armies of the [[Yongle Emperor]].
*  1410   &ndash; [[Ottoman Interregnum]]: [[Süleyman Çelebi]] [[Battle of Kosmidion|defeats]] his brother [[Musa Çelebi]] outside the Byzantine capital, [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Kastritsis | first = Dimitris | title = The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402-13 | publisher = BRILL | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-90-04-15836-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u_evCQAAQBAJ | pages=149–150}}</ref>
*[[1502]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the island of [[Martinique]] on his fourth voyage.
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo X]] threatens to [[Excommunication|excommunicate]] [[Martin Luther]] in ''[[Exsurge Domine]]''.

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; Virginia Colonists finished building [[Jamestown, Virginia|James's Fort]], to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=46|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Margaret Jones (Puritan midwife)|Margaret Jones]] is hanged in [[Boston]] for [[witchcraft]] in the first such execution for the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].
*[[1667]] &ndash; The first human [[blood transfusion]] is administered by Dr. [[Jean-Baptiste Denys]].
*[[1670]] &ndash; The first stone of [[Fort Ricasoli]] is laid down in Malta.
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]] proves that [[lightning]] is [[electricity]] (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
*[[1776]] &ndash; Delaware Separation Day: [[Delaware]] votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[Provisional Army of the United States]] is dissolved. 
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[New Hampshire]] approves the [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], ratifying the document.
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonaparte]] becomes [[King of Spain]].
*[[1834]] &ndash; The [[1834 looting of Safed|looting of Safed]] commences.<ref name="bloch">{{Cite book |last=Bloch |first=Abraham P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjxJAFawRasC&pg=PA168 |title=One a Day: An Anthology of Jewish Historical Anniversaries for Every Day of the Year |date=1987 |publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |isbn=978-0-88125-108-1 |pages=168 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Arkansas]] is admitted as the 25th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Charles Goodyear]] receives a [[patent]] for [[vulcanization]], a process to strengthen [[rubber]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Oregon Treaty]] extends the border between the United States and [[British North America]], established by the [[Treaty of 1818]], westward to the Pacific Ocean.
*[[1859]] &ndash; Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "[[Pig War (1859)|Northwestern Boundary Dispute]]" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Second Battle of Petersburg]] begins.
*  1864   &ndash; [[Arlington National Cemetery]] is established when {{convert|200|acre|km2}} of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by the family of Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]]) are officially set aside as a military [[cemetery]] by [[United States Secretary of War|U.S. Secretary of War]] [[Edwin M. Stanton]].<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Harrow|first=Robert Jr.|title=The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2016|isbn=9781451671926|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2c6DwAAQBAJ|pages=206–207, 282|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Poole|first=Robert M.|title=On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery|location=New York|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|date=2010|isbn=9780802715494|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec-mCAAAQBAJ|page=281}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Henry Ossian Flipper]] becomes the first [[African American]] cadet to graduate from the [[United States Military Academy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=El Campanario|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2cLAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Eadweard Muybridge]] takes [[Sallie Gardner at a Gallop|a series of photographs]] to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of [[film|motion pictures]].
*[[1888]] &ndash; Crown Prince [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm]] becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the [[German Empire]]. Due to the death of his predecessors [[William I, German Emperor|Wilhelm I]] and [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]], 1888 is the [[Year of the Three Emperors]].
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[1896 Sanriku earthquake|One of the deadliest tsunamis]] in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Brett L. |title=A Concise History of Japan |date=26 February 2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00418-4 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGt2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 |language=en}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; A fire aboard the steamboat {{SS|General Slocum}} in New York City's [[East River]] kills 1,000.
*[[1916]] &ndash; United States President [[Woodrow Wilson]] signs a bill incorporating the [[Boy Scouts of America]], making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[John Alcock (aviator)|John Alcock]] and [[Arthur Brown (aviator)|Arthur Brown]] complete the first nonstop [[Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown|transatlantic flight]] when they reach [[Clifden]], [[County Galway]], Ireland.
*[[1920]] &ndash; Following the [[1920 Schleswig plebiscites]], Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Contemporary Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=joFHAQAAMAAJ|year=1920|publisher=A. Strahan|page=284}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Bessie Coleman]] earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
*[[1934]] &ndash; The United States [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] is founded.
*[[1936]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Vickers Wellington]] bomber.
*[[1937]] &ndash; A German expedition led by [[Karl Wien]] loses sixteen members in an [[avalanche]] on [[Nanga Parbat]]. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an [[Eight-thousander|8000m peak]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Aerial]] begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The United States [[Battle of Saipan|invades Saipan]], capital of Japan's [[South Seas Mandate]].
*  1944   &ndash; In the [[1944 Saskatchewan general election|Saskatchewan general election]], the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|CCF]], led by [[Tommy Douglas]], is elected and forms the first [[Socialism|socialist]] government in North America.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Charles Manson]] goes on trial for the [[Sharon Tate]] murders.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Red Army Faction]] co-founder [[Ulrike Meinhof]] is captured by police in [[Langenhagen]].
*  1972   &ndash; [[Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z]] is destroyed by a bomb over [[Pleiku]], Vietnam (then [[South Vietnam]]) and kills 81 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-880-22M-21 VR-HFZ Pleiku|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720615-1|access-date=2021-06-15|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; After the death of dictator [[Francisco Franco]] in 1975, the first democratic [[1977 Spanish general election|elections]] take place in [[Spain]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] marries Jordanian-American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name [[Queen Noor of Jordan|Queen Noor]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Herbert David Croly|title=The New Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eosn0jxtK28C|year=1985|publisher=Republic Publishing Company|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Rembrandt]]'s painting ''[[Danaë (Rembrandt painting)|Danaë]]'' is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws [[sulfuric acid]] on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
*[[1991]] &ndash; In the Philippines, [[Mount Pinatubo]] erupts in the [[1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo|second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century]], killing over 800 people.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[United States v. Alvarez-Machain|United States v. Álvarez-Machaín]]'' that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) detonates [[1996 Manchester bombing|a powerful truck bomb]] in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the [[Manchester city centre|city centre]] and injuring 200 people.
*[[2001]] &ndash; Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[Nokkakivi|Nokkakivi Amusement Park]] is opened in [[Lievestuore]], Laukaa, Finland.<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/arkisto.shtml/arkistot/kotimaa/2007/06/536104 MTV3: Suomen kuudes huvipuisto avautui] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Nik Wallenda]] becomes the first person to successfully [[Tightrope walking|tightrope walk]] directly over [[Niagara Falls]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[June 2013 Quetta attacks|bomb explodes]] on a bus in the [[Pakistani]] city of [[Quetta]], killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] retires its ubiquitous [[Internet Explorer]] after 26 years in favor of its new browser, [[Microsoft Edge]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Novet|first=Jordan|title=Microsoft retires Internet Explorer browser after 26 years|work=CNN|date=June 15, 2022|accessdate=June 15, 2022|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/15/microsoft-retires-internet-explorer-and-ends-support.html}}</ref>
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